Mid-Autumn 2017: ChangHoSek Durian Mooncakes

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Once again, Instagram was the root of this evil. ChangHoSek is a newbie for this year's Mid Autumn and infact, gotten famous because of their signature premium tingkat packaging. I was originally sold on the cute as a button packaging yet the price premium for it was just not justifiable. I guess for gifting, it would be outstanding but personal consumption, it just seemed a tad frivolous.




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So then, boxed mooncakes it had to be.









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Mao Shan Wang Durian Mooncake ($98, 4 pieces)






Individually sealed and a mere cut revealed a pungent whiff. The first slice made causes quite a dent in the snowskin and yanked the skin from the filling which caused quite an unsightly presentation of the mooncake.









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Sticky and somewhat pasty snowskin which ranked this out of the chart for snowskin and the durian filling albeit really pungent was a tad too icy for me.






Maybe I should have left them to thaw a tad longer but I would say stick with the durian big wigs first, until they improve their recipe.



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